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A neurobiologist explores the amazing capacity of the brain to rewire itself at any age.
by Susan R. Barry, Ph.D.
Susan R. Barry is a professor of neurobiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Mount Holyoke College and the author of Fixing My Gaze (June, 2009). See full bio

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What Do Astronauts and Cross-Eyed People Share in Common?

By Susan R. Barry, Ph.D. on May 20, 2009 in Eyes on the Brain

Between 1992 and 2005, my husband Dan was a NASA astronaut and flew on the Space Shuttle three times. When he returned from his first trip to outer space, I realized that his experience in microgravity and my experience with crossed eyes shared something in common.

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